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The Central Volunteer Bureau
Central Volunteer Bureau was established to help build and reinforce health and wealth fare agencies in Calgary. The mission included: setting up and giving training courses, helping agencies plan services, and the training and referral of volunteers. -
Directors
Mrs. Dorothy Doyle was the first director of the Central Volunteer Bureau, her second in command, and the next director, was noted Calgarian and friend of Nellie McLung, Louise Dean.
“Louise Dean was the most consistent volunteer performer this city has ever seen.” – Grant McEwan -
Name Change
The Central Volunteer Bureau's name was changed. Their second name was: the Volunteer Bureau Department of the Calgary Council of Community Services. -
Name Change
The Central Volunteer Bureau has gone through three changes of name by now, and is about to experience the fourth. The Volunteer Centre of Calgary christened, commonly reffered to as: the Volunteer Centre. -
Growing Pains
An internal memo created in 1978 entitled "Whatever Happened to the Volunteer Bureau" shows that even as far back as 1978, the people working at Volunteer Calgary were
already recognizing a need for non-profit management training, and recognized that they were in a unique position to provide that training. -
New Trends in Volunteerism
development of new approach to recruit youth volunteers, approached Shell to involve employees in the community, the beginnings of Employee Volunteering taking shape. -
1988
Martha Parker is appointed CEO in 1988. She would go on to steward the Volunteer Centre for 16 years before retiring. -
Early CentrePoint
The Muttart Foundation sees a need for non-profit management and consulting services; They put out a call for proposals, this brings about the first incarnation of CentrePoint. -
Elements of Volunteer Engagement
Volunteer Calgary's first official training course offered to help organizations engage volunteers effectively -
Name Change
The Volunteer Centre of Calgary changes its name to Volunteer Calgary. -
Capacity Building
WIth non-profit training programs and Leadership Calgary under it's belt, Volunteer Calgary begins looking at a capacity building model. -
Coffee Conversation
Volunteer Calgary CEO Jamie Niessen has coffee with CentrePoint CEO, where a potential merging with CentrePoint is proposed. -
Approval
VC board approves the absorption of CentrePoint -
Acquisition of CentrePoint Non-Profit Management
The Calgary Centre for Non-Profit Management (the Centre) was created with the support of the Kahanoff Foundation and the Calgary Foundation. The Centre would become CentrePoint. -
The move is official
Volunteer Calgary officially begins operating non-profit management programs and services. VC takes over the delivery of the previously scheduled training programs of CentrePoint and the consulting projects already in progress. -
New vision and mission
Board of Directors review and update a draft version of Volunteer Calgary’s Vision and Mission statement, while the entire staff explored VC’s culture and values.
Vision: Thriving, engaged Communities. Mission: We strengthen organizations
